# Incident 20020404008719I: Amtr VP1, Kingman, KS, April 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2002, 15:30 local time
- Place: Kingman, KS
- Airport: Kingman Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6477° N, 98.1160° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kingman, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6477&lon=-98.1160&mi=10
- Aircraft: N493, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N493-2007-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Satterlee VOLKSPLANE VP-1 (registry code 0562379, https://openairdocs.org/model/satterlee-volksplane-vp-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VP1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,666 total, 120 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020404008719I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL INFORMED THIS OFFICE THAT ON APRIL 4, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 CST, MR. DAVID W. SMITH OPERATED N493, A VOLKSPLANE FROM KINGMAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, KINGMAN, KS. ON THE TAKE-OFF MR. SMITH VEERED TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A MARKER LIGHT, BREAKING THE LENS OF THE RUNWAY LIGHT. MR. SMITH CONTINUED THE TAKE-OFF ROLL ON THE GRASSY AREA ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY DEPARTING THE AIRPORT AREA TO THE NW.

## Other reports on N493 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20030815019939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030815019939A), Aug 15, 2003: Amtr VOLKSPLNEVP1 (N493), Concordia, KS, Destroyed. (-23) Mr. David allen kadel was the pilot and only occupant of a volksplane, N493 that departed concorida, KS, Blosser Municipal Airport from runway 17. Mr.…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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